Finance Training course timetable
Tuesday 21 November 2017
09:15 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Accounting Services Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
09:30 |
In addition to applying for a provisional place here, you will need to complete an application form which can be found on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualifications/aat/university-programme
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This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds. You are invited to bring with you any reference documents that you may have detailing your own departmental codes. |
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12:30 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Central and Research Accounting Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do including Fixed Assets, Fee Collection, Property Accounting, Trust Funds and Research Accounting. |
14:00 |
This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds. You are invited to bring with you any reference documents that you may have detailing your own departmental codes. |
Wednesday 22 November 2017
09:00 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend half a day in the Shared Services and Staff Bureau to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
09:15 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Accounting Services Team to get an overview and appreciation of the function of the Helpdesk and Cashier. |
Thursday 23 November 2017
09:30 |
To provide an opportunity for those in the Finance Division to spend half a day with the Training Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
13:00 |
This course will concentrate on how to use the COGNOS reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:
In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS. |
13:30 |
Looking at a template to write business cases, to provide information on what to include, for lightweight business cases and more detailed business cases. Providing some hints and tips to assist with business case writing. |
Friday 24 November 2017
09:00 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Division to spend half a day in the Treasury & Investments Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. The Treasury & Investments team are offering two sessions, one on Treasury and one on Investments. Ideally the Treasury session should be attended before this one (Investments) however this is not a pre-requisite. |
Tuesday 28 November 2017
09:30 |
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Wednesday 29 November 2017
09:30 |
How to Excel
Finished
This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions Topics covered:
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Thursday 30 November 2017
09:30 |
This course covers the day to day and month end transactions that need to be completed using a variety of tools in CUFS. |
Tuesday 5 December 2017
09:30 |
This course is aimed at new iProcurement users and provides an introduction to using iProcurement for creating requisitions and purchase orders. iProcurement is also available as an online course for you to learn in your own time. Choose from our available online options if you are unable to make the classroom dates or prefer to study in this way. |
13:45 |
This course is aimed at new iProcurement users and provides an introduction to using iProcurement for creating requisitions and purchase orders. iProcurement is also available as an online course for you to learn in your own time. Choose from our available online options if you are unable to make the classroom dates or prefer to study in this way. |
14:00 |
Off Payroll Worker Briefing Sessions
Finished
From 6 April 2017 new rules will apply to payments made to limited companies largely controlled by a single individual where they provide services to the University, or agencies providing such resource to the University. The Finance Division is holding a number of seminars to explain procedures and guidelines that they are implementing to help departments manage this risk. Please note, this is the same briefing as the ones held in April 2017. If you attended one of the original briefings there is no need to attend again
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Wednesday 6 December 2017
09:00 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend half a day in the Shared Services and Staff Bureau to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
09:30 |
How to Excel
Finished
This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions Topics covered:
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14:30 |
COGNOS: Refresher training
CANCELLED
Have you previously attended Cognos training but not used the reporting tool since and would like to start using the tool again? If so then this course will enable you to get re-acquainted with Cognos.. Note: What it does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Less experienced users of the Grants and/or General Ledger modules in CUFS are recommended to attend instead one of the following courses:
These two courses not only cover the mechanics of running the reports but also more advice on how to interpret and use the information as well as discussion about when to use which report. |
Monday 11 December 2017
09:30 |
Excel Workshop for Procurement
Finished
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Tuesday 12 December 2017
09:15 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Accounting Services Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
09:30 |
In addition to applying for a provisional place here, you will need to complete an application form which can be found on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualifications/aat/university-programme
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Wednesday 13 December 2017
09:15 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Accounting Services Team to get an overview and appreciation of the function of the Helpdesk and Cashier. |
09:30 |
How to Excel
Finished
This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions Topics covered:
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13:30 |
A bespoke session to provide an overview and guidance on how VAT applies to Research Grants. Including:
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